CF: Workshop (pre-registered participants only): Foucault and Wynter: A Philosophical Encounter with and Against the Human– moderated by Lynne Huffer, Emory University, and Taryn Jordan, Emory University

"The Captive Maternal and Political Trauma: A Testimonial for Erica Garner (1990-2017)," Joy James, Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Humanities and Political Science, Williams College

Fri. 6:30 DINNER

Saturday, March 24

Room Designations:

LL = Lower LevelCL = ClassroomCM = Community RoomCF – Conference Room

Sat. 8:45 – 9:00 Coffee and Snacks

Sat. 9:00 – 10:30

LL: Panel: Breath, Race, and the Human– moderated by Lynne Huffer, Emory University

“The Racialization of Breath,” Jack R. Leff, University of North Carolina at Charlotte ***(projection equipment in use)***

“Whiteness as the Gatekeeper of Being: Wynter, Biopower, and the Imperfect Application of the Designation ‘Human,’” Samantha Wrisley, Emory University

Bartolo Natoli, Randolph Macon CollegeKathleen Skerrett, University of RichmondHolly Moore, Luther CollegeAsia Ferrin, American UniversityOllie Schwartz, University of Massachusetts, AmherstTaina Figueroa, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference, Emory University

Sat. 1:00 LUNCH

CM: Business Meeting will begin at 1:00.Attendees can pick up lunches from area restaurants to bring to the meeting

Sat. 2:00 – 3:00

LL: “A Critical Perspective on Ecological Aesthetics and Architectural Atmosphere through the Work of Gernot Bőhme,” Andrea Wheeler, Iowa State University– moderated by Gary Shapiro, University of Richmond ***(projection equipment in use)***

Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability is a distinctive contribution to growing discussions about how power operates within the academic field of philosophy. By combining the work of Michel Foucault, the insights of philosophy of disability and feminist philosophy, and data derived from empirical research, Shelley L. Tremain compellingly argues that the conception of disability that currently predominates in the discipline of philosophy, according to which disability is a natural disadvantage or personal misfortune, is inextricably intertwined with the underrepresentation of disabled philosophers in the profession of philosophy. Against the understanding of disability that prevails in subfields of philosophy such as bioethics, cognitive science, ethics, and political philosophy, Tremain elaborates a new conception of disability as a historically specific and culturally relative apparatus of power. Although the book zeros in on the demographics of and biases embedded in academic philosophy, it will be invaluable to everyone who is concerned about the social, economic, institutional, and political subordination of disabled people.

Addressing Ableism is a set of philosophical meditations outlining the scale and scope of ableism. By explicating concepts like experience, diagnosis, precariousness, and prosthesis, Scuro maps out the institutionalized and intergenerational forms of this bias as it is analogous and yet also distinct from other kinds of dehumanization, discrimination, and oppression. This project also includes a dialogical chapter on intersectionality with Devonya Havis and Lydia Brown, a philosopher and writer/activist respectively. Utilizing theorists like Judith Butler, Tobin Siebers, Emmanuel Levinas, and Hannah Arendt to address ableism, Scuro thoroughly critiques the neoliberal culture and politics that underwrites ableist affections and phobias. This project exposes the many material and non-material harms of ableism, and it offers multiple avenues to better confront and resist ableism in its many forms. Scuro provides crucial insights into the many uninhabitable and unsustainable effects of ableism and how we might revise our intentions and desires for the sake of a less ableist world.